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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 538

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People wave flags as they attend a demonstration ahead a speech of chairman of the Tisza (Respect and Freedom) party Peter Magyar in Budapest on March 15, 2025, on National Day that marks the Hungarian revolution against the Austrian Empire in 1848. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)
March 16, 2025, 5:10 am
Hungary’s Orban vows crackdown on press, immigrants in conspiracy theory-laden speech
Dueling demonstrations held in central Budapest as thousands rally around promising political force Péter Magyar, who seeks to challenge Orban in elections next year
By Justin Spike
(L-R) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Finland's President Alexander Stubb, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Romania's Interim President Ilie Bolojan, European Council President Antonio Costa and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau begin a plenary meeting at a summit held at Lancaster House in central London on March 2, 2025. (JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL / AFP)
March 2, 2025, 6:53 pm
Ukraine’s allies embrace Zelensky in London, warn of ‘once-in-a-generation moment’
UK’s Keir Starmer tells Zelensky Europe is ready to back Kyiv ‘for as long as it takes,’ at talks held days after Trump and Vance publicly berated Ukrainian president
By James Pheby
Member of European Parliament Rima Hassan speaks during a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
February 25, 2025, 1:11 pm
EU delegation scraps trip to Jerusalem, West Bank after Israel bars 4 participants
Interior Ministry denies entry at airport to lawmakers and staffers, one of whom has called Israel a ‘terrorist state’
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, center, speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU-Israel meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, February 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
February 24, 2025, 7:12 pm
In talks aimed at mending ties with EU, Sa’ar says Israel open to extending Gaza truce
In first such meeting since 2022, top diplomat says move can only go ahead if more hostages return; adds criticism by ‘less friendly’ member states is OK if it’s not ‘demonization’
By Lazar Berman, Reuters and ToI Staff
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa attends a meeting with officials and local leaders in the western coastal city of Tartus, Syria, in a handout photo issued on February 16, 2025. (Syrian Presidency / AFP)
February 24, 2025, 2:14 pm
EU lifts Assad-era sanctions on Syria’s banking, transport and energy sectors
Foreign ministers in Brussels say they’ll monitor developments to ensure move remains appropriate; bloc had conditioned relief on rebel leader eschewing religious extremism
By Reuters and ToI Staff
The flag of Egypt sways in the wind on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip on September 9, 2024. (AFP)
January 31, 2025, 7:47 pm
Gaza’s Rafah crossing set to reopen Saturday, to be run by PA with EU monitors
Officials say crossing will initially be opened for 50 injured Hamas operatives and 50 wounded civilians
By Agencies
The flag of Egypt sways in the wind on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip on September 9, 2024. (AFP)
January 28, 2025, 2:26 am
EU to redeploy monitors at Rafah Border Crossing in bid to bolster Gaza ceasefire
Italy says monitoring mission, which was halted when Hamas seized control of Strip in 2007, ‘was launched at the request of Israel and the PA’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, hosting a meeting of top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe to discuss Syria, poses for a picture with the participants in Riyadh on January 12, 2025. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
January 12, 2025, 2:12 pm
Diplomats convene in Saudi Arabia for talks on Syria’s future
Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led Islamist rebel group that toppled regime, urges sanctions relief, as West moves to provide humanitarian essentials while demanding inclusive government
By AFP
The leader of the far-right Freedom party (FPOe) Herbert Kickl leaves after talks with Austria's President on January 6, 2025 at the presidential Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
January 6, 2025, 11:09 pm
For the first time since WWII, Austria’s far right gets mandate to lead government
Anti-immigration, pro-Russia, eurosceptic Freedom Party, led by populist Herbert Kickl, gets chance to form government; was founded by former Nazi officer in 1950s
By Philipp Jenne and Geir Moulson
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers a speech on his decision to dissolve the parliament at Bellevue Palace in Berlin on December 27, 2024. (John MacDougall / AFP)
December 27, 2024, 1:44 pm
Germany’s president dissolves parliament, national election set for February 23
Polls show conservative Union bloc outpacing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left SDP party, while far-right AfD performing strongly despite ostracism by other parties
By David McHugh
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a plenary session at the German parliament Bundestag where he faces a vote of confidence, Berlin, Germany, December 16, 2024. (AP Photo/ Markus Schreiber)
December 16, 2024, 9:13 pm
German Chancellor Scholz loses no-confidence vote, setting up early elections
Center-left leader to remain as interim chancellor after losing vote 394-207; election set for February with no parties close to majority in polls
By Geir Moulson
European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas during a meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba, December 14, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
December 15, 2024, 7:41 pm
EU diplomat: Syria sanctions relief not relevant until new leadership proves itself
Kaja Kallas says new leaders will have to ensure rights of minorities and women, disavow religious extremism in order to make good on their assurances of moderation
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
People wave Romanian and European Union flags during a pro-European rally in Bucharest, Romania, December 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
December 7, 2024, 12:34 am
Romania’s top court voids first-round presidential vote won by far-right candidate
Ruling comes after pro-EU president declassified intel on alleged Russian campaign to help Calin Georgescu win; reformist challenger in runoff slams ‘illegal, immoral’ decision
By STEPHEN McGRATH
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy addresses the UN Security Council, as chair, during a meeting on the situation on Sudan and South Sudan, at UN headquarters in New York City, November 18, 2024. (REUTERS/ Brendan McDermid)
November 18, 2024, 10:12 pm
UN Security Council members call for ‘huge’ surge in aid entry to Gaza
‘The situation is devastating, and frankly, beyond comprehension, and it’s getting worse,’ says British FM Lammy; European Union decides against severing ties with Israel
By Reuters and ToI Staff
EU foreign minister Josep Borrell looks on during a joint press conference following his talks with Poland's foreign minister in Warsaw on November 12, 2024. (Sergei Gapon/AFP)
November 14, 2024, 4:35 pm
EU top diplomat urges pausing Israel dialogue over Gaza war, but likely to be vetoed
Outgoing foreign policy chief Borrell wants to suspend bloc’s political talks with Israel ‘over alleged abuses’; Germany, Italy and others said to object
By AFP and ToI Staff
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